Konnie Huq Quotes
Increased tariffs and a weakened pound would mean higher food prices, hurting the poorest families - and the women trying to make ends meet at the heart of them - the most.
Huq, Konnie. "Brexit will hurt the poorest families." The Independent, Independent Digital News and Media, 2018.
Under the economic stewardship of the George W. Bush administration, the rate of inflation was modest. However, while the wages of the highest executives had increase markedly, the wages of average workers actually had decreased for much of the administration.
Later, William Jennings Bryan and the Populists turned this point into a major political issue. See Bryan’s Cross of Gold Speech.
Most people think that in a democracy, the government has more control over the economy than it really does as Hoover observed almost a century ago. However, the major issue between liberals and conservatives is whether or not the government should use the tools that it does have that might influence the economy and to what extent the government should ameliorate the damage that the poor and middle class suffers from the recession or depression. Unemployment insurance and food stamp distribution are basic examples of amelioration. When the Great Depression hit, Hoover was president and he chose not to use the powers of government and became America’s worst President at managing the economy.
Kanak Asha "Konnie" Huq is an English television and radio presenter, screenwriter and children's author. She became the longest-serving female presenter of the popular UK children's television programme Blue Peter, having presented it from 1 December 1997 until 23 January 2008. She has been a presenter and guest of other shows including the 2010 series of The Xtra Factor on ITV2 and has also made cameo appearances and been a guest in other productions. She co-wrote the Black Mirror episode "Fifteen Million Merits" with her husband, Charlie Brooker. Her children's book Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World was published in 2019. She published the follow-up, Cookie and the Most Annoying Girl in the World, in 2020 along with her third children's book, Fearless Fairy Tales: The Perfect Book for Homeschooling Fun and Inspiration.
